Today we applaud SUPP for once again delivering its signature political performance:
SUPP is a Government Party That Governs By Pretending It Isn’t in Government.
In a functioning democracy, the division of labour is simple:
Government governs. Opposition… opposes.

But SUPP, ever the avant-garde experimental theatre troupe, has decided that these roles are merely suggestions, not assignments.

While sitting comfortably in government, SUPP somehow keeps bursting onto the public stage like a confused actor who wandered into the wrong play, shouting opposition lines while holding a government pass.

It is the democratic equivalent of watching a Minister storm into Parliament shouting,

“Who is responsible for this mess?!”

while accidentally looking into a mirror.

SUPP’s political identity crisis is now so legendary that political scientists may soon classify it as a separate genre:

“Opposition-by-Government.”

Instead of speaking directly to its federal partners, like any coherent governing party would, SUPP prefers to hold grand, melodramatic press conferences—complete with indignation, flourishes, and enough emotional volume to power a small hydroelectric dam.

Because why solve problems quietly when you can reenact a soap opera publicly?

Every time a minor administrative issue arises—be it dress code, bureaucracy, or the office air-cond being too cold—SUPP rushes to the press like an actor chasing the final scene of a telenovela, demanding justice from… the very government it is part of.

It is political performance art at its finest.

One might say SUPP acts less like a governing partner and more like a confused student council member yelling at the principal, only to remember that their name is literally printed on the staff directory.

SUPP claims to be in government, yet behaves as though it is bravely fighting against the dark forces of… its own coalition.

The party is so committed to its opposition cosplay that the actual opposition must be taking notes.

If SUPP truly wants democracy to function properly — and actually leave the opposition’s job to the opposition — then it may want to stop shouting from the outside of a house it already has the keys for.

Until then, the rakyat will continue watching this ongoing tragicomedy:

A party in power, constantly auditioning for a role it already lost… to itself.

SUPP needs to be reminded that the party is part of the government and the Inland Revenue Department is a government arm. If SUPP brings such matters to public, in which SUPP should by protocols resolve them in the government, this shows SUPP has no power and no influence in the government but an Opposition in the Government.